The history and antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, . topographical, dynastical and political. First collected by Silas Taylor alias Domville, gent. ... and now much enlarged in all its parts with notes and observations relating to natural history. ... By Samuel Dale.
Silas Taylor (1624-1678)
Category
Books
Date
1730
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 3114062
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],xxiv,464p.,plates . 4to.. Not indigenous. Large paper copy.. Provenance: Inscriptions on flyleaves: 1. (in eighteenth-century hand): "Grand papier". 2. (in nineteenth-century hand): "No. 675. The Meerman Copy". 3. (in Norris's hand): "The Meerman-Phillipps copy". [i.e. formerly owned by Gerard Meerman (1722-1771) and by Sir Thomas Phillipps, baronet (1792-1872)]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf in Norris's hand: From the Middle Hill Lib[rar]y. H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 28/11 '47. Lot 535. Đ2-0-0. [Middle Hill, Worcestershire, estate of Sir Thomas Phillipps].. Binding: Eighteenth-century full panelled calf over boards; blind fillets and blind corner tools on panels; later red morocco spine label; sewn on six raised bands.
Makers and roles
Silas Taylor (1624-1678) Samuel Dale (bap.1659 - Braintree 1739)